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t+t_,_:'proving that he acted reasonably and diligently and in case of denial of a request thalsuch denial was justified shall be on the public lnformaiion officer.Pr-eqip31. Where the lnformation Commission at the time of deciding any complaint or appeal is ofthe opirrion that the Public lnformation Officer has without -any reasonable cause andpersistently, failed to receive an application for information or has not furnished informationwithin the time specified or malafidely denied the request for information or knowingly givenincorrect, incomplete or misleading information or destroyed information which was th6 sJbjectof the request or obstfucted in any manner in furnishing the information, it may recommLnddisciplinary action against the public lnformation Officer.Protection for Work Done in Good Faith32. Section 21 of the Act provides that no suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shalllie against any person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under theAct or any rule made thereunder. A Public lnformation Officer should, however, note that itwould be his responsibility to prove that his action was in good faith.33- The Central lnformation Commission prepares a report on the implementation of theprovisions of the RTI Act every year, which is laid before each House of lhe Parliameni. Thisreport, inter-alia, has to include information about the number of requesls made to each publicauthority, the number of decisions where the applicants were not entiiled to access todocuments requested for, the provisions of the Act under which these decisions were rnade and'the number of times such provisions were invoked, the amount of charges collected by eachpublic authority under the Act. Each Ministry/Department is required to collect such informationfrom all the public authorities under its jurisdiction and send the same to the Commission. ThePublic lnformation Officers should maintain the requisite information in this regard so that it maybe supplied to their administrative Ministry/Departrnent soon after the end oflhe year, which inturn may supply to the Commission.20